The Chaos Saga
Rouge the bat's story
Chapter 1
I was a master thief, capable of stealth, stealing, and combat. Unfortunately, I was also one of the many forest-animals that would be imprisoned inside one of Eggman's robots. Even though I have Sonic to thank for saving my life along with the others, that little incident where I was tortured and imprisoned still haunts my mind like with the minds of other other forest-animals. Eggman would frequently return to exact his revenge on Sonic the hedgehog, leaving him to fight back against that fat scientist, and I would use the ensuing chaos of this never-ending battle to my advantage when it came to stealing rare and valuable gems.
However, my career as a thief would turn upside-down, when I was snuck into the president's house to steal his rare valuables, when the president's guards would catch me. The government knew about my reputation, and in turn set up a trap in the president's house that would succeed in capturing me in the act. They would've thrown me in prison for several years or even a lifetime, but they knew that I'd make a better tool than prisoner due to my abilities and experience as a thief, so they made me their new government agent as punishment.
My first mission as a GUN agent was to foil Eggman's plans as a double-agent, by siding with him, building up trust in him, and then betraying him once the time was right. His plan involved the Master Emerald, and Sonic and Tails went missing ever since they defeated Eggman and destroyed his Death Egg for the second time in a row, leaving Knuckles to fend for himself and the emerald. I would appear and steal the Master Emerald with Eggman's help, leaving Knuckles to chase me down. Along the way, he would rescue three forest animals imprisoned inside Eggman's robots: Vector the crocodile, Espio the chameleon, and Charmy Bee, who would team up with Knuckles to fight me. The four would chase Eggman and I to his robot city, where they would corner and fight me. Our battle would end in a draw despite the fact that it was four of them and one of me, and out of generosity, I would betray Eggman by giving them Knuckles' Master Emerald back, and they and Eggman would find out about me as a double-agent working for GUN. Together, Knuckles, his three new friends, and I would team up to fight Dr. Eggman in a final battle to determine the fate of the world, and win with the Master Emerald as our prize. Eggman vowed to return and exact his revenge on us, and from there Knuckles and I would develop a friendship with each other. After all, I was an honorable thief just as much as I was a government agent, meaning that unlike Eggman the GUN army, I'm a thief with compassion for all life, and sees the world in gray rather than black-and-white like that fat scientist and government-organization.
From then on, I would do a variety of dirty jobs for the GUN army to earn my parole and protect my new friends. I would act mysterious to Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy, one moment working with Eggman the next moment working with Sonic and the others, deceiving each side. My reason wasn't because I'm a total, jewel-obsessed bitch and no-different from either Eggman or my employers; I care for Sonic, Knuckles, and their friends, because they were my own friends as well, it's just that I have different methods of protecting them. This one incident would be no different, but it would also be my hardest mission ever. It would also involve that one little girl, who was supposed to be rescued by Sonic but would be the one to rescue him back. And that girl was one of the forest-animals Sonic used to rescue in the past besides me.
It all started with me infiltrating Knuckles' home island, Angel Island, which floated in the air. I wasn't given another assignment by the GUN army, and they allowed me temporary freedom until I was assigned another mission, but they monitored me via a tracking device on the back of my neck to make sure I didn't plot on stealing any valuable gems. However, because Angel Island floated with the Master Emerald as its power source, its energies was so powerful that it also spreaded around Angel Island, blocking the frequencies of my tracking device, keeping the GUN army from finding out about my position and intentions.
Knuckles' floating island was filled with traps and puzzles, but thankfully an experienced thief like myself was capable of dodging many of the traps. As I travelled, I also prayed that Knuckles didn't find and corner me like a rat. After an hour of difficult travelling, I arrived at the top of the island, at the Master Emerald shrine, where the giant emerald itself lied. I could see myself with the emerald now, selling it to the black market to make so much money, not enough to retire from the thieving business, but just enough to prove to the world how deadly my thieving skills are.
As I stood near the Master Emerald, gazing at its magnificence, I had to wonder if Knuckles intentionally laid a trap for me, considering that the trip to the emerald was too easy. I would walk near the Master Emerald, and right before I could touch it with my right hand, I could feel my left hand being tugged backwards by someone. I couldn't move or free my arm, as I looked behind myself to discover Knuckles the echidna himself, holding me back and tossing me backward, far away from my giant, green, glimmering prize.
As I slowly got back up on my feet after being tossed on the ground, Knuckles went into his fighting stance and said to me, "Trying to get your disgusting hands on my ancestors' emerald, huh?"
"Hmph," I said. "A large obstacle course ending with a powerful end-boss, like in those computer games, and this situation I'm in right now is no different, with you as the end-boss, I see. Tell me, egg-laying mammal, did you intend to lay a trap for me?"
"What are you talking about, woman," Knuckles asked. "You were capable of bypassing all my traps and puzzles hidden throughout my island. The security here is supposed to defend against even the strongest of invaders, but since you were capable of doing the impossible yet again, it's all up to me to finish the job before you finish yours!"
"Then why don't you take your frustrations on me," I asked as I went into my fighting stance. "Bat-winged punching-bag, right here!"
Knuckles and I would fight each other in a one-on-one duel to determine the fate of the Master Emerald. His physical strength was incredible, but he was just some clumsy brawler compared to my agile and flexible martial-arts moves. Thirty minutes into the fight would pass, and already the both of us were heavily battle-damaged from the blows we dealt to each other.
"Man," said Knuckles, "have you grown more powerful than the last time we met!"
"You weren't sitting on your sorry laurels, either," I responded. "You've probably spent just as much time training yourself as you did patrol your island."
"You do realize," said Knuckles, "that there's no 'probably' in what I do. I do train to keep myself fit for any intruders that invade my home island." Knuckles then saw something behind me with a shocked expression, as he ran toward me and shoved me into the ground, yelling, "Duck," in the process. As I lied on the ground with Knuckles pushing me down, I saw from above two missiles fly above us, toward where the Master Emerald lied. I would then watch helplessly as Knuckles' Master Emerald was blown apart by the missiles.
"Get off of me, you stupid egg-laying mammal," I demanded, as Knuckles and I got back up on our feet. We then faced where the missiles came from, and to our shock discovered Dr. Eggman himself, piloting his hover-pod.
"Thanks for bringing me here, woman," Eggman said to me. "Often than not, Knuckles would usually tweak his island's ancient security system, so that he can strengthen and perfect it, making me believe that not even you can get through it. But to think that'd you do the impossible and make it here alive!"
"You," Knuckles said to me, as he continued, "you were involved with Eggman, right? Did you side with him again like the previous times?"
"What are you talking about," I asked Knuckles. "I had no idea that Eggman was following me and using me to get to the emerald. I didn't come here on Eggman's accord, but rather my own!"
"Like I'm going to believe a bunch of lies coming from the lips of some deceptively pretty lady," Knuckles responded. He then faced Eggman as he said, "You often wanted the Master Emerald's powers, so why blow it up?"
"Because," Eggman responded, "I didn't so much want it and its powers as much as I wanted what was inside the Master Emerald!"
"Inside," asked Knuckles. The two of us would face the smoke where the Master Emerald was, and as it cleared, in its place was some strange, liquid-bodied monster with emerald-eyes. We didn't know who or what that monster was, but we could feel an incredible tingle down our spine, literally fearing it more than all the tricks Eggman would develop underneath his sleeves.
"Behold," Eggman said, "the god of destruction, Chaos, just as my research on the stone tablets have said! By combining that creature with the seven Chaos Emeralds, he will regain his perfect form. And, with all seven emeralds combined with his powers, I can rule the world!"
"How do you know about Chaos," Knuckles asked. "All my life, I've guarded the Master Emerald without much knowledge of its secrets. But to think, that I was also guarding the prison of that thing!"
"You were guarding the Master Emerald," I said, "without realizing that it was a prison for that monster?"
"Of course I didn't know," Knuckles said to me, "I was given a job without much information except that the Master Emerald controls the Chaos Emeralds and empowers my home island! I don't know why they didn't tell me about Chaos, but it doesn't matter now, does it?" Knuckles faced Chaos as he continued, "Chaos came from my emerald, and therefore is my responsibility."
Knuckles would charge at Chaos, as I yelled at him, "Knuckles, don't get yourself killed!"
Before Knuckles could strike at Chaos, the liquid monster would extend his right arm and grab Knuckles, lifting him high in the air and strongly slam him into the ground, dealing massive damage to him. Desperately, I charged at the liquid monster as well, hoping to attack that thing and save Knuckles, when Chaos would stretch his arm and punch me in the face from afar, knocking me down.
As Knuckles and I slowly got back up, we saw Chaos run away with Eggman, flying away in his pod, as we could then feel the violent tremors below our feet. Judging by the tremors, I thought, the island must've crashed into the ground somewhere, because without its power source it can't fly like in the legends.
After we got up on our feet, Knuckles said, "Such power, for someone that hasn't collected a single Chaos Emerald yet."
"Knuckles," I said to him, "you do realize that we share a common enemy. Why don't we put aside our differences for now, and join forces against Eggman and that liquid monster, like old times, remember?"
"I'm sorry, Rouge," Knuckles said to me, "but I can't trust someone who's going to stab me in the back again, particularly people like you. After all, you're mysterious; one moment you're the good guy, the next moment you're the bad guy. You're too unpredictable to help me defeat Eggman and Chaos."
"Hmph," I said angrily. "Is this all you ever think about? Chaos is too powerful even without any Chaos Emeralds to empower him. If you fight him alone, you'll get killed. You've relied on friends like Sonic, Tails, Vector, Espio, Charmy, and me before, you should rely on us again. After all, we're all friends and share the common goal of saving the world from villains like Eggman and Chaos, right?"
"Those were wholly different times," Knuckles said. "These days are over, and as of right now, I'm flying solo. I know I'm acting like a jerk, but I'm doing this for yours and the rest of our friends' safeties. So how about this: Why don't you go and hide in some hole while you're at it. I'm going to find the Master Emerald shards alone, to repair my emerald and restore my island back to its floating, former glory. And once I'm done, Eggman and Chaos will be next on my list of responsibilities. There is no way I'm going to let others die for my sake!"
"Then you're an idiot," I replied, as Knuckles ran from me and flew away, leaving me all alone.
The sky would grow dark, covered with dark-grey clouds, as rain started pouring down to the ground, all around me. As the sky thundered and rained, I ran to any nearby shelter I can find, and the closest was a small cave. I hid from the rain underneath the cave, alone with my thoughts. How could that red egg-laying mammal all of a sudden abandon me and all forms of help? Even with his super-strength, he's just one mortal against a liquid-bodied god! If Sonic and his adoptive-brother, Tails, were around, they'd at least help me out-vote that egg-laying soloist into joining us, even if the two also don't trust me just because I play double-agent.
"GUN to Agent Rouge," said a familiar voice in my left ear, "come in, Agent Rouge!"
Placing my hand on my earpiece within my left ear, I responded to my boss, "This is Agent Rouge, come in!"
"We have your location," replied my boss. "Don't tell me you've disobeyed our orders and attempted to steal the Master Emerald for yourself, have you?"
"How did you know," I asked.
"We know," replied my boss, "because we've placed a tracking-device to watch over you and make sure you don't steal anything like before we captured you. At first you disappeared off the radar, but we knew you were on Angel Island because its Master Emerald's chaos energy often blocks the tracking-device's signals. And now that the Master Emerald is gone and Angel Island crashed into the ground again, the signal has returned, and our confirmations were correct, that you are on Angel Island!"
"Well," I said, "if you know, then you should also know that Eggman secretly followed me, blew-up the Master Emerald, and released a liquid-bodied monster named Chaos from it. Eggman and Chaos are searching for the seven Chaos Emeralds right now, and once all seven are collected, the monster will return to his perfect form, whatever it might look like. And if that happens, we're all going to be slaughtered!"
"Then here your new assignment," replied my boss. "Infiltrate Eggman's base and secretly capture and bring him and Chaos to HQ, so that we could interrogate them. You have the freedom to find out how, but you must succeed at any cost. You got that?"
"Yes, sir," I replied.
"Then move out," replied my boss.
"Yes sir," I said, as I took my hand off of my earpiece. As I left the small cave and got off Angel Island, I would head to Eggman's secret base, where my next mission would begin.